Management of ACS for the BLS Provider

Patients experiencing a myocardial infarction or an ischemic event of unknown etiology may, based on a 12-lead interpretation, fall into one of three categories:
  • “Injury (STEMI)” 
  • “Ischemia” 
  • “Non-diagnostic” 
It is important to recognize that these three terms simply represent various degrees of the same physiologic process.